Friday, January 25, 2013

Trivia Bits 25 January

 

  • Out of the seven ancient wonders of the world, the only one still standing is the Great Pyramid of Giza.
  • The music of one particular band is played by a Tribute Band.
  • Whilst competing in the 1976 Olympic Games Princess Anne was knocked unconscious whilst competing in front of her mother Queen Elizabeth II.
  • The longest river in Italy is the River Po 652 km (405 mi) or 682 km (424 mi) including Maira.
  • Novem is the Latin word for nine.
  • The 12 Zodiac astrological signs are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.
  • A biannual event occurs twice a year.
  • According to the song, Molly Malone sold cockles and mussels on the streets of Dublin .
  • A Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing is a butterfly named by Lord Walter Rothschild in 1907 and is restricted to the forests of Oro Province in eastern Papua New Guinea.
  • An ocular contusion is better known as a black eye.
  • A dodecahedron shape has 12 faces.

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